Stories - Sarnelli House

STORIES:

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	Rice Planting With the rainy season scheduled to be dumping rain down to fill the rice paddies and replenish the dry fields, it has been a huge matter for concern that the rains have not yet arrived.... read more
	Fr Shea’s birthday celebrations It began after mass on Saturday morning on 31st July 2010 at Sarnelli House. This birthday celebration was a big one - his 6th cycle or 72 years old.... read more
	Camp June 2010 On two weekends in June, 16 teenagers all living with HIV/AIDS, from the Jan and Oscar House and Nazareth House attended a camp at Khon Kaen. The camp was run by the Infectious Diseases Team at ... read more
	First Aid Training For three days, from May 25- 27th, 2010, Thai Red Cross came to Sarnelli House to deliver First Aid Training. The reasons for supporting such a training session for the staff are numerous... read more
	Ben's death A while back, I wrote about a little guy, 13 years old but he looked about 8, named “Ben”. Ben came to us shortly after Piyanoot, and he looked like somebody in Dachau (Nazi prison camp). He was brought in by... read more
	Caring for Noot Noot came to Sarnelli House in January 2010. Her Aunt and cousin came to see Fr Shea while Noot was in hospital. Noot was 16 years old and had only taken ill in the beginning of January... read more
	Piyanoot (Noot) Every once and a while, we take in a gravely ill child that swiftly reminds us of what AIDS is really about. Earlier this year, we took in a 16 year old girl who had AIDS, TB and kidney failure. ... read more
	Samatha Hennessy says I came here in October 2009 and also April 2010. Words can’t express what a wonderful experience both times have been, the first time I was so scared of what I had put myself up for, but I needn’t have worried... read more
	Heema's sharing Heema …..aka Pi Mama! Within the first 5 minutes of my arrival at Sarnelli House I was ambushed by the lovely kids who dressed my hair with flowers. Overwhelming I thought! ... read more
	Pattaya Holiday The buses left Nongkhai after the 6pm medicines were given out. There were some very excited kids who had packed their clothes, some 2 days before leaving. Bus 1 contained the girls from Viengkhuk and the toddlers from House of Hope, Bus 2 was the Love Bus with ... read more
	The Pool The pool behind the House of Hope has finally been finished, and opening day wastoday. Thanks to the generous money left to Sarnelli House specifically to build a pool by Creston and Kanya Smith in Creston’s will ... read more
	Holiday activities for March 2010 Aquarium Visit, Triathalon, English Teaching, Art and Craft Activities and Visit from Habitat for Humanity ... read more
	"Kids Caring for Kids" Exchange Letters: Christian Kids in USA and Muslim Kids in Oman Caring for Orphan Kids in Thailand read more
	Graduation 2010 On March 6th 2010, 10 children from Sarnelli House, in a ceremony at Rosario Witthayu School, graduated from Kindergarten and High School. The 6 who graduated from kindergarten were from 3 different houses. read more
	The 10th Anniversary of Sarnelli House and the Opening of the Jan and Oscar Home February 15^th saw in Valentine’s Day at Sarnelli House, but more importantly it was the day to celebrate the 10^th Anniversary of Sarnelli House and the official opening of the Jan and Oscar for teenage boys. read more
	Reflection after a visit to Sarnelli House by Tracey Sauer It is hard to put into words the profound impact that this visit to Sarnelli House has had on me. There were so many emotions - happiness to see the joy of the children... read more
	Kids Caring for Kids In 2007 Ally and Nick Carpenter of Katy Texas started sending part of their allowance to a kid named ‘Art’ at Sarnelli orphanage because he needed some help... read more
	David Jacob's sharing Before heading to Thailand to volunteer at Sarnelli House many people asked me what the experience would be like. I usually responded by saying that I had no idea what to expect. While this response was partially true... read more
	Halloween Party 2009 Halloween was celebrated at Sarnelli House on the 31st October 2009 and was a scary success. The evening started with all the kids coming over to Sarnelli House for a meal. Shows were then put on by all the houses – St Patrick’s boys did a skit ... read more
	The Outreach Program and the New Clinic The Outreach Program covers 5 provinces of the Northeast Thailand and sees approximately 100 families. It provides for the primary needs ... read more
	A Fairy Tale: Gan and Tha On Friday morning, September 18, Mrs. Gung from Sarnelli House received a strange phone call. A female voice inquired whether we had a girl named Gan living with us... read more
	Who is Sarnelli? Sarnelli was a Redemptorist priest who lived in the 18th century. The following is an account of the life of Blessed Gennaro Sarnelli... read more (video)